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word on the street says $100K. pretty nice cake for a misdemeanor screener...the sort of job a kid fresh out of law school usually performs. just speculating here, but i'd guess it's more about maximizing retirement benefits in some way...

I'll be signing up for a daily BR Advocate subscription just as soon as it is offered in my area. Goodbye, Picayune; hello, Advocate. Long live the family-owned newspaper up the river, and good riddance to the corporate-run mess that the TP has become.

Perhaps additional, prominently located speed limit signs would help. You can drive blocks through Mimosa Park and never see a speed limit sign. Post those things mid-block to remind people that residential streets between stop signs aren't mini drag strips.

Or because he was READING the PUBLIC DOCUMENTS associated with the case? Duh. Anyone can peruse the legal filings in the case, and anyone can then parrot the language used. The "forensics expert" seems pretty lame.

Had an absolutely terrible roast beef poboy at Tracy's just after Christmas. 45 minute wait, sluggish staff...no one in the kitchen seemed to have a clue. Gravy was pasty, flavorless; beef was tough. Definitely won't be going back.

Sure hope that some of the grant goes toward closing the open-ditch drainage alongside Paul Maillard and then widening it to include a bike/pedestrian lane. It could be a nice, wide thoroughfare if it weren't for the ditches alongside. It would also make sense to put in a bike/pedestrian path alongside river road from PM to the bridge park....in this stretch, there is ample space to do so on the levee side.

Many of the problems in this corridor are related to under-utilized strip malls....two large-scale developments from the 60s/70s with few tenants, no landscaping, and zero aesthetic appeal. I'd rather see a whole bunch of modest houses than the remnants of a defunct WinnDixie unoccupied for 30 years. Those malls are ripe for redevelopment, or at the very least, landscaping and facade improvements.

It does indeed appear that taxpayers handed a big gift to a private company....while I'm happy that we will have quality assisted living in our area, I don't understand how the entire facility will be private-pay. Why wouldn't the hospital have required some sort of agreement that a certain percentage of beds be on a sliding scale or allocated to Medicare patients? With every turn, I learn more things to make me deeply suspicious of the hospital's administration & governance.

Definitely don't agree about Hogan. He has a few good intentions, but an absolutely ham-handed way of expressing himself. He consistently alienates others and isn't above using his position to effect unnecessary change. Remember the street name change that no one wanted? (no one but him, I mean.)

And the drainage problems in the 7th district are largely caused by development: multiple large retail centers along US 90 were NOT required to create any sort of comprehensive stormwater/rainfall runoff management plans. You can't pave parking lots for 100s of cars and not end up with runoff that has to go somewhere. SCP needs better stormwater runoff management planning: in other areas, retention ponds, holding reservoirs, etc are required of all new developments. SCP planning/zoning is unsophisticated. Developers get to take the low-cost options and then 10 years later, the taxpayers are on the hook for the problems created by development.

I'd have to go for the substitute teacher with a little education over the FORMER MORTGAGE BROKER. Not exactly a profession that I have much respect for these days. Somebody should ask about his mortgage brokering days: did he specialize in no-document sub primes? Let's not forget who landed our economy in its present mess.

Gotta go with the Gator Man on this one. Snookie had his turn; the way he dropped out of the parish president's race when the going got tough puts him in the same category as Palin: quitter. He could have finished the race, but he opted to drop out rather than lose gracefully. It's the political equivalent of taking your ball and going home. Not gonna vote for that guy ever again.

Now, the Gator Man might not be the most polished, but he's earnest. That counts for something in these jaded times. I know that he's not running because he wants to use the council seat to climb up to some other office.

that's funny, i've heard that the office is a complete mess. a nonstandard, proprietary computer system, disarray in the files, etc. And since when is $89K a small salary, even for an attorney? some asst district attorneys in the river parishes don't make that much cake.

Such conduct falls under "abuse of office", specifically section 1116 of the Code of Government Ethics. See the LA Board of Ethics fact sheet on abuse of office: http://www.ethics.state.la.us/Pub/InfoSheets/AbuseOfOfficeRev2-09.pdf
If I were an employee being coerced into political activity, I'd feel compelled to file a confidential complaint. Procedure can be found here: http://www.ethics.state.la.us/BoardProcedures.aspx?type=Complaint

Computer systems don't cost millions: they're not especially expensive anymore...have you priced a computer lately? How do we know that the Clerk's office doesn't have a fat surplus? Oh, that's right: the Clerk's office doesn't publish an annual budget or detailed financial information. For all we know, the clerk's office is sitting on plenty of money. SCP has grown and grown during the 32-year incumbent's term in office, with an attendant increase in legal filings, but the office still operates with mid-1980s efficiency.

Hmm...maybe we should all go to the Clerk's office and ask how much money is in the bank.

GretnaMentality, the incumbent Clerk CANNOT require the employees to put up signs or walk door to door. This is an election violation....if you find yourself in this circumstance, you can certainly report it to the LA Board of Ethics. As a matter of fact, former Orleans judge C. Hunter King was removed from the bench for forcing his employees to sell fundraiser tickets for his campaign, then he was subsequently disbarred for his actions and subsequent lying about his actions.